KINABASI SWORD

[tanaruz]

Hello friends,

Sharing this newly-commissioned sword called a KINABASI (Hiligaynon language: meaning in the likeness of, or in the form of a KABASI (s amall fish with a sharp-pointed head).

This lovely sword was made by a bladesmith from Mindoro.

OAL: 30.5 inches/ blade: 22 inches
scabbard: kamagong wood (Diospyros blancoi)- tiger variety.

Enjoy

Yves

[chmorshuutz]

So, aside from binakoko, apparently Tagalogs and Hiligaynon-speaking Visayans also share kinabasi, though the Tagalog ones are usually shorter than this but the profile is more or less the same.